Fastener.



L. ARKN.

FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6.1911.

1,275,357. Paten/mug. 13, 191s.

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UNITED STATES vrnefrnur onmon i noUrS Anxinor BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. l*

To all whom it may Concern: Y i

y Belitlnown that I, LOUTSIAABKI'N, a citi-` zenofthe :United States, and residentv of Boston, inthe county of Suffolkl and State of Massachusetts, have invented new' and useful Improvementsin Fasteners, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relatesto separable fasteners of the general class comprising complemental stud and socket members commonly used as fastening means for dresses, gloves,

automobile curtains and similar purposes.-

More particularly it relates to separable fasteners of the type-shownin Letters VNPatent of the United States No. 1,225,741, granted torme on May' 15,l 1917, Yin 'which means are provided for lforcing the stud lfromfthe socket withoutmanipulation of Ysaid'stu'd. z

L In my said patent'theV means provided forvv forcing the stud from the socket'comprises a resilient memberlocated wholly vwithin the soolretfand which v is stressed'by the stud upon its insertion therein. v 1While'Y this construction has proved satisfactory and *adequate under many conditions of service, for certain uses I have discovered that' various novel results may be attainedby'locatingjthe resilient member outside the casing.V

f The'locationofthe resilient member'in side the casing asin my .said patent necessi- `tatesthe provision of a relatively large space in which' the springfmay be freely i actuated by the stud so,v that it is diiicultQwiththis `1 construction to make Athe socket thin enough 'to adapt it for -use as a fastening means on light. and-thin dresses, Silks or laces where it is essential that theV material liesmooth and flat.l Y' 1 f W It is the principal object of this invention .to provide a fastener ninvwhich .the resilient member for forcing the stud from'r the Socket is so disposed'that the socket member may be made very thin and so meet the peculiar requirements of service to which I have referred. e l i' Referring to the drawings which illus-Y trate certain embodiments of the invention,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of one embodiment ofthe invention showing the parts engaged; Y

, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts disengaged;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, showing the bottom of the socket member;v

Fig. 4 is a section on the line H, Fig. 2;

5 'B3 arethe stud releasers integral with kthe I plates FASTENER.

Y' Speeicatonoflfetters Patent. 'Patented Alignl i3, Application filed Decembers, 1917. Serial-nazomer.- f

' Fig. k5 is a view similarto'fFig. 2:'show'ing l an alternative formeandf- 1' o. g Fig. 6 isa top plan of the stud member viewed Afrom the line 6.-6,"Fig. 5:

casing are complemental stud retaining means preferably but'not essentially of the constructionfshown "consisti'vlngof a pairof eov Stud retaining plates Blocated'and nl'wabk,v

in the same Y plane, pressed together andv yieldinglyjheld in normal position by -one or moresprings C (Fig. 4') which engage ylugs B- provided on said plates.Y Each of said retaining plates has a notched-"hooklike end B2 wherebysaid plates V'areinterlocked. Said ends engage eachotherwhen -theplates are infnorm'al position as best shown in-Fig.4,

V the notches forming a lstud aperture `D *located in the path: of the'stud'and into-'which tion into the casing A. Y v o Each of" said'hoo'k'ed ends B2- is further p provided with a Vguide E- and'thebody portionsof the plates have complemental' guide channels F,.the guide E of one plate extendinginto the complementalguide channel F of the otherrplate to insure the movement of said plate in the same line.

B andeXtending outside said'casing through Slots:` in the'wall thereof. v PreferablyY the Y'releasers are up-V turned, as shown, to provide stopsA adapted zthe'studis' adapted to enter;uponits'inser Y i preferably formed to engagethe 'wall of theA casing Y when said L Vreleasers are pressed inward to 'release'the stud in the manner hereinafter described. ADisposed `between thebaseQplate Aof the casing andthe usualstud `flange, outside the casing,

stud into thesocketl andto be'soheld until me'mber'rv may bel ofany suitable form^or Dd wholly i l y is resilient member adapted to lbe stressed bythe insertionfof the construction and is not necessarily formed" integral with either the stud or socket members, the construction shown in the drawings hasbeen found preferable. v

In the form of the yinvention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 the base plate A of the socket is sheared and bent outward to form an integral spring member S extending part way around the stud-receiving aperture and adapted to be engaged and stressed by the' flange P of the vstud P when said stud is inserted into the casing. The fastener shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is similar both in construction and operation to that illustrated in Figs. 1 to A but instead of striking up the spring from the base plate A of the socket member a spring tongue S is struck up from the flange P of the stud member, the tongue S extending part way around the stud P and being adapted to be engaged and stressed by the plate A when the stud is inserted into the socket. y l

l,The operation is as follows: l/hen the stud P is inserted into the casing A its head enters the aperture `@D formed by the notched retaining plates and, forcing said plates apart, passes between them, whereupon said plates close around the notched neck vof the stud so that said stud is firmly held within the easing, the spring S being engaged and heldunder stress by the stud flange I. To release the stud, the releasers IB3 are simultaneously pressed inward, whereupon the hooked ends B2 of the plates Bf are opened releasing the stud so that its head is free ,to pass between said plates and the spring being thus -released jumps or forces the stud `from the socket.

Itwill'be apparent that byl disposing the resilient member between the socket and stud, wholly outsidethesocket, in the form shown, the socket member may be made so thin as not to rproj ect outwardly from the fabric. In this way the socket member is rendered more sightly and less liable to get caught by garments and the like and be injured. Moreover, the spring may be readily repaired or replaced when disposed outside the casing. y

I claim: A y

1. A fastener comprising a stud, a casing having an aperture adapted toreceive `the stud A member, holding. y means for retaining the stud in said aperture, and yielding means disposed outsidesaid casing for separating the stud and casing when the holding meansy is ,released without manipulation of said stud. i

2. A fastener comprising complemental 'stud and socket members, holding means for retaining the stud member in the 'socket member, and yielding means outside of said stud and socket members for separating the members when the holding means is released without manipulation of said stud.

3. A fastener comprising complemental stud and socket members, holding means for retaining the stud member in the socket member, and a spring tongue between the bases of the stud and socket members lfor separating the members when the holding means is released without manipulation of said stud.

A fastener comprising Vcomplemental stud and socket members, said socket member having av stud-receiving aperture and stud retaining and releasing means, and a resilient member disposed between the bases of the stud and socket members adapted to be stressed upon engagement thereof and to force the studfrom the socket without manipulation of the stud.Y Y Y 5. A fastener comprising complemental stud and socket members, said socket member having a Vstud-receiving aperture and stud-retaining' and releasing means, one of said members being provided with a resilient 1 member adapted to be stressed. between-the bases of the members upon engagement of the stud and socket and to force the stud from the socket without manipulation of thel stud.

6. A fastener comprising complemental stud and socket members, said socket mem.

ber having a stud-receiving aperture and stud-retaining and releasing means and said stud member having a flange,and a resilient member on said socket adapted to be engaged and stressedbysaid flange upon insertion of the stud intov the socket and to force the studvfrom the socket withoutV manipulation of the stud.

y 7 A fastener comprising complemental stud and socket members, said socket member having a stud-receivingV apertureand stud-retaining and releasing means and said stud member having a Hange, `and a spring tongue integra-1 with said socket adapted to be engaged and stressed' by said flange upon insertion of the stud into the socket thereby to force the stud from the socket.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts,

this 1st day of December, 1917 LOUIS ARKIN.

copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents; Washington, D. G. Y i 

